diff --git a/src/xbus/main.cpp b/src/xbus/main.cpp
index 12a85bf79..7a7ecf0c0 100644
--- a/src/xbus/main.cpp
+++ b/src/xbus/main.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@
 #define XPLM_MSG_LIVERY_LOADED 108
 #endif
 
-QSharedPointer<QApplication> g_qApp;
+// Change QSharedPointer<QCoreApplication> to QSharedPointer<QApplication> below
+// in case you want to have Qt Gui components inside a X-Plane plugin. The current
+// default was used since QApplication causes an infinite loop in X-Plane on OSX
+// platforms. X-Plane is allocating an NSApplication but never calling run(), rather
+// it controls the main loop itself and pumps the event Q as needed. This causes
+// unusual start conditions for QCocoaEventDispatcher and ends up in the infinite
+// loop. Since QCoreApplication is not using QCocoaEventDispatcher it works fine
+// and is used as a workaround.
+// See https://dev.vatsim-germany.org/issues/293 for more information.
+
+QSharedPointer<QCoreApplication> g_qApp;
 XBus::CPlugin *g_plugin;
 
 PLUGIN_API int XPluginStart(char *o_name, char *o_sig, char *o_desc)